Sir Hugo
Sir Hugo | |
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Chestnut | |
Breeder | Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford |
Owner | Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford |
Trainer | Tom Wadlow |
Record | 13: 4-2-4 |
Earnings | £ |
Major wins | |
Epsom Derby (1892) |
Sir Hugo (1889–1910) was a British
Background
Sir Hugo was a big, "very-finely made"[3] chestnut horse with a white blaze, bred by his owner Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford. The colt was sent to the Earl’s private establishment at Weston Park in Shropshire where he was trained by Tom Wadlow.
Sir Hugo’s sire Wisdom, who died in 1893, was a failure as a racehorse but became a highly successful stallion, siring good horses such as Love Wisely (
Racing career
1891: two-year-old season
Sir Hugo was a successful two-year-old, winning two of his five starts.[6] He made his first appearance at Ascot where he finished third to Polyglot and St Damien in a Triennial Stakes.[7] On 30 July Sir Hugo ran in a Rous Memorial Stakes at Goodwood in which he started the 2/1 favourite in a field of five and won “cleverly” by two lengths from Kyle[8]
In September Sir Hugo was sent to Doncaster for the Champagne Stakes. He started at 9/1 and finished third of the five runners behind the outstanding filly La Fleche.[9] In October he won the Boscawen Stakes at Newmarket, beating "nothing of note".[7] Two weeks later Sir Hugo contested the year’s most important two-year-old race, the Middle Park Plate over six furlongs at the same course. He was not strongly fancied and finished fifth of the ten runners behind the odds-on favourite Orme.[10]
Sir Hugo was not considered a serious contender for the following season's Classics[11]
1892: three-year-old season
Sir Hugo began his three-year-old season on 4 May by running in the
In the Derby on
Sir Hugo was then sent to
Sir Hugo returned on 7 September for the St Leger at Doncaster. He was third choice in the betting behind Orme, who had returned from training problems (he had allegedly been poisoned[24]) to win the Eclipse Stakes and La Fleche, who had won the Oaks two days after her defeat in the Derby. On a wet day in front of a huge crowd, Sir Hugo broke quickly but was then held up as Orme made the early running. Orme was a beaten horse by the time the field turned into the straight when La Fleche went into the lead. Sir Hugo produced a strong finish[25] and ran on in "dogged fashion"[26] to prove the best of the colts but could never get on terms with the filly and finished second, beaten two lengths, with Orme well beaten in fifth.[27]
On 27 September Sir Hugo again challenged La Fleche in the £10,000 Lancashire Plate over one mile at Manchester Racecourse, but was never a threat and finished fifth of the eleven runners[28] At Newmarket on 11 October he produced an excellent performance in defeat in the ten furlong Lowther Stakes, losing by a neck in a "close set-to" with El Diablo, to whom he was conceding fifteen pounds.[29] In the Limekiln Stakes over one mile at the Newmarket Houghton meeting, Sir Hugo was provided with a pacemaker named Flank March, but the tactic failed as he was well beaten, finishing third to Orme and El Diablo.[30]
1893: four-year-old season
Sir Hugo was kept in training as a four-year-old and made his debut in a Biennial Stakes over two miles at Newmarket on 20 April. He made the running and after a brief challenge from Barrow, won "in a canter" by three lengths.[31] Although the opposition was not strong, he was described as having won "in the style of a good horse."[32]
He did not stand up to further training and was retired in autumn. It was announced that he would go to stud with a fee of 150
Assessment and earnings
The general opinion of Sir Hugo during his career was that he had been a sub-standard, and rather fortunate Derby winner.[3] At the end of his three-year-old season one commentator pointed out that although Sir Hugo lacked acceleration ("that dash of speed"), he had shown stamina, strength and an "equable temper", making him a good stallion prospect.[34]
Sir Hugo's win prize money of £6,960 in 1892 placed him fourth on the list of highest earners behind La Fleche, Orme and the two-year-old Milford.[35]
Stud career
Sir Hugo was not a success at stud. His best achievement was to sire the mare Ravello, who produced the 2000 Guineas winner Sweeper. His last known foals were conceived in 1906.
Pedigree
Sire Wisdom (GB) 1873 |
Blinkhoolie 1864 |
Rataplan* | The Baron* |
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Pocahontas* | |||
Queen Mary | Gladiator | ||
Plenipotentiary mare | |||
Aline 1862 |
Stockwell | The Baron* | |
Pocahontas* | |||
Jeu d’Esprit | Flatcatcher | ||
Extempore | |||
Dam Manoeuvre (GB) 1874 |
Lord Clifden 1860 |
Newminster | Touchstone |
Beeswing | |||
The Slave | Melbourne | ||
Volley | |||
Quick March 1863 |
Rataplan* | The Baron* | |
Pocahontas* | |||
Qui Vive | Voltigeur | ||
Mrs Ridgway (Family: 19) |
- Sir Hugo's pedigree contains a notable amount of inbreeding. He was inbred 3 × 3 to Rataplan, meaning that this horse appears twice in the third generation of his pedigree. Also in the third generation was Rataplan's full brother Stockwell. Sir Hugo was therefore inbred 4 × 4 × 4 to both The Baron and Pocahontas.
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- ^ Patricia Erigero Thoroughbred Heritage. "La Fleche". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ^ a b "Sporting Mems". Southland Times. Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 5 October 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ^ "TALK OF THE DAY". Otago Witness. Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 20 July 1893. p. 29. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ^ Patricia Erigero Thoroughbred Heritage. "Lord Clifden". Tbheritage.com. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ^ "HORSES ENGAGED IN THE DERBY AND OAKS". Otago Witness. Paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 10 March 1892. p. 30. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
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